In a new interview with Encomium magazine,
afrobeat singer, songwriter and saxophonist Seun
Kuti, who has said many times that he doesn't
believe in marriage, said one of the reasons
marriages no longer last in Nigeria is because women
are no longer submissive. Read below & tell us if you
agree
"I don't believe in marriage. The truth is, the
marriage institution in Nigeria has collapsed.
Nobody is getting married for long anymore. On
the average, it's within a year. Although they still
marry, they separate. The thing responsible for it
is that people get married for the wrong reasons.
As a matter of fact, the institution of marriage is
fading away in the traditional sense of marriage -
for love; for better or worse; and all sort. It's
fading because women are no longer submissive.
For you to live together with someone for life,
someone must be submissive. That is easier when
women are not working, and they depend on their
husband. But now, its becoming difficult because
they are working; making more money even more
than the men. The situation is terrible. Even if you
as a man is not looking outside, your wife will
look.
I've made a decision and my partner already
agreed. In fact there was a wedding we went
attended in Ibadan, the couple broke up at the
reception. Because of picture, the bride's father
wanted to take first, the groom's father said No
and they started quarreling. The couple broke up
at the reception. How about that?
About my father marrying 27 wives, if you look
deep, you will discover that in 1986 my father
divorced all his wives. People seem to forget this
fact. It also goes to buttress my point that says
marriage is becoming a fading institution. Fela
was the epitome of marriage. First, he married
one woman, then he married 26 at once. He has
experienced both, and later he came out to say
marriage is bad. What about that?" He said

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